Group Meeting #7

In this meeting we explored the idea of giving feedback in the form of "movies."

We talked about how this form of feedback was different from the other methods - at first, we were confused, and couldn't really see a huge difference between "movies" and summary and say-back. We decided that the difference was subtle - your reaction to something after you have read it will naturally be very different from your response to it as you're reading it. The analogy of a movie fit very well for this method of feedback. 

We decided to read Ting's short story Sky Flying, but since she had to leave for a meeting (?), we each wrote our comments and responses in "story-form" ever few paragraphs. This way of giving feedback offers a completely different perspective to the author...

At the end of the meeting, we asked each other how effective we thought the group feedback has been. We each agreed it has been mostly confidence-building, but it has also pointed out things that the writer wouldn't have noticed, and has been a resource of advice about what needs work and what's good...